Fundraising Capacity of HIV/AIDS Community-Based Organizations in 3 Years (2017-2019) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ()
Affiliation(s)
1Nguyen Tat Thanh University, HCMC, Vietnam.
2Dinh Tien Hoang Institute of Medicine, Hanoi, Vietnam.
3College of Foreign Economic Relation, HCMC, Vietnam.
4Hanoi University of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam.
5Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
6Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
ABSTRACT
HIV/AIDS is still an important public health issue in Vietnam and other
developing countries. In Vietnam,
Community-based organizations (CBOs) were officially considered as the
key partners to approach vulnerable groups at high risks of HIV infection since
2010. Funds for HIV/AIDS prevention and control are facing difficulties due to
rapid reduction by international organizations, while domestic funding has not
yet met the demand, especially funding for
prevention and communication activities. Our study aimed to assess the
fundraising capacity of several CBOs in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and analyze
the challenges that they are facing now and in future in their work of HIV/AIDS
management for community. The 03 typical and representative CBOs (G3VN,
Smile and Strong Ladies) were chosen in our cross-sectional descriptive study.
The electronic questionnaire was about fundraising reports over 3 years
(2017-2019), organization structure (staff, mission, strategies) and the
advantages and disadvantages in fundraising. Funds received over the year
increased in total, but unstable in each projects. To have more funds, CBOs
must invest time and money to have professional staff in fundraising and
writing proposals. To meet requirement and survive, some CBO shifted to social
enterprises and faced many difficulties in laws when being treated like profit
companies. In Vietnam context, the key challenges which affect the role of
funding are including: 1) Legal status; 2) Small scale; 3) Capacity of
fundraising (finding calls, writing competence proposals); 4) Fewer funds
on HIV/AIDS. In future, we should pay attention in scaling up and building
fundraising capacity for CBOs in order to help them in applying for international funds in community projects or even in
HIV/AIDS research for CBOs, social enterprises in the context of funds
for nation-level phased out of Vietnam.
Share and Cite:
Thanh, T. , Trinh, P. , Thanh, N. , Olson, L. and Larsson, M. (2020) Fundraising Capacity of HIV/AIDS Community-Based Organizations in 3 Years (2017-2019) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
World Journal of AIDS,
10, 186-194. doi:
10.4236/wja.2020.103016.